After Gay-Marriage Rulings, a Few Proposals

Groups Gather From New York's Stonewall Inn to San Francisco's Castro District After Supreme Court Decisions

By

Geoffrey A. Fowler,

Tamara Audi and

Derek Kravitz

Updated June 26, 2013 11:09 p.m. ET

In cities across the U.S., Wednesday's Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage were met with an outpouring of emotion—and a few marriage proposals—among advocates for gay rights.

Groups planned street parties at New York City's famous Stonewall Inn, San Francisco's Castro District and the West Hollywood, Calif., neighborhood near Los Angeles, after the high court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and let stand a ruling...